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The image is labelled 'Miss Clarkson' and it is likely that the costume was designed for the mezzo soprano Joan Clarkson.\n\n<i>Andrea Chenier </i>by Umberto Giordano &amp; Luigi Illica translated by Tom Hammond was produced by Anthony Besch for Sadler's Wells Opera initially at Coventry Theatre on 11 September 1959, and toured before its official premiere Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London on 13 October 1959.  \n\r\n<i>Andrea Chenier</i> was first produced at La Scala, Milan in 1896 but is not frequently performed in Britain. It is based loosely on the life of the French poet, André Chénier (1762-1794), who was executed during the French Revolution. 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